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svendj

Ok, let's see, I wouldn't book in advance as plans change all the time and it's still not expensive to book when you're in asia(I see that you're flying from Hanoi to phuket, I did booked it from Hanoi to BKK for $45 so it's really cheap (I skipped that flight though cause I went to laos )).

now about your list,

Bangkok (if it's your first time in BKK you'll hate it, after 4 times, you'll love it )
Ayutthaya (ok : Have to go!)
Siem Reap/Angkor (via Aranya Prathet/Poipet border)(ok : Have to go!)
Phnom Penh (ok : Have to go!)
Sihanoukville (you're going to the beaches in thailand anyway so i would skip this if I was you, saves you at least a couple a days)
Phu Quoc (via Prek Chek/Xa Xia border) (don't know)
Can Tho (don't know)
My Tho (don't know)
Ho Chi Minh City (I'd stay for 2 days and leave : go see the gucci tunnels and move on)
Vung Tao (no)
Mui Ne (no : there's nothing to see here so skip it and go straight to Nha trang)
Nha Trang (fly to Hanoi) ( !!! Must go, on of coolest places I've been in SE Asia )
Hanoi (have to go!)
Halong Bay (fly to Phuket) have to go (but you'll have to get back to hanoi four your flight)

from here on it's whatever time you got left to explore the islands.
If you got loads of time left after Hanoi I'd skip into laos and go around there for a few days and then head all the way down by train

catherine25

Joined Travelfish25th May, 2010Posts: 34

Thanks for your reply!

We would really like to go to Laos, I had looked at flights in Vientiane from Hanoi, but to get from around there down to Phuket is very expensive by plane, so we looked at train to Bangkok then flight to Phuket which is ok.

BUT were worried if we come in by land well only get 15days. This would fit our plans 'perfectly' but we would worry if we wanted to stay on a few extra days or something then we would run out of time!!